I was a prisoner of war in the Second World War. If the Japanese couldn’t kill me, no one else can. That’s my philosophy. If something is unfair, I will fight to the death.
83-year-old great-grandmother Marianne Chiffelle on being targeted by the IRS due to her conservative political activities in New Mexico.
Nine Inch Nails: Halo Thirteen: The Day The World Went Away. Single cover + alternate covers, designed by Robert Hales. 1999.
Laws are like cobwebs which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
Jonathan Swift (via hipsterlibertarian)
Behold, the breathtaking stupidity of the modern American TV reporter and crew. The pointless nattering, the idiotic questions, then having to be asked for help. Not a human reaction among them. Shameful. But common.
Damn.
Nicely done.
Everyone, I’m elated to tell you that Tumblr will be joining Yahoo.
Before touching on how awesome this is, let me try to allay any concerns: We’re not turning purple. Our headquarters isn’t moving. Our team isn’t changing. Our roadmap isn’t changing. And our mission – to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve – certainly isn’t changing.
So what’s new? Simply, Tumblr gets better faster. The work ahead of us remains the same – and we still have a long way to go! – but with more resources to draw from.
Yahoo is the original Internet company, and Marissa and her team share our dream to make the Internet the ultimate creative canvas. I couldn’t be more excited to have her help. We also share a vision for Tumblr’s business that doesn’t compromise the community and product we love. Plus both our logos end with punctuation!
As always, everything that Tumblr is, we owe to this unbelievable community. We won’t let you down.
Fuck yeah,
David
Clip-n-save, from David Karp. Remember this when the hentai Tumblrs start going poof.
Rome protest turns up heat on new PM Letta
ROME (Reuters) - Thousands of people protested in Rome on Saturday against austerity policies and high unemployment, urging new Prime Minister Enrico Letta to focus on creating jobs to help pull the country
Of course, there is no such thing as “austerity,” just the banks soaking up any and all available credit to balance past bad bets, leaving nothing for any actual productive investment. No productivity, no velocity of money, no credit expansion. Keep printing, you are doing nothing.
EU to ban olive oil jugs from restaurants
The European Union is to ban olive oil jugs and dipping bowls from restaurant tables in a move described by one of Britain’s top cooks as authoritarian and damaging to artisanal food makers.
WTF? Can’t even wrap my head around this one.
The French holistic, psycho-social approach also allows for considering nutritional causes for ADHD-type symptoms—specifically the fact that the behavior of some children is worsened after eating foods with artificial colors, certain preservatives, and/or allergens. Clinicians who work with troubled children in this country—not to mention parents of many ADHD kids—are well aware that dietary interventions can sometimes help a child’s problem. In the United States, the strict focus on pharmaceutical treatment of ADHD, however, encourages clinicians to ignore the influence of dietary factors on children’s behavior.
Marilyn Wedge, Ph.D.
